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GeekWithGuns
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Location: Round Rock, TX Joined: Thu Mar 5, 2015 Posts: 3899
Real Name: Dave
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golddigger14s wrote: jukk0u wrote: You know.... Yamamoto's quote about guns behind every blade of grass is one of the most effective Pro-2A statements a person could use. Unfortunately............................... Misattributed[edit] I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. Statement made after the attack on Pearl Harbor by Yamamoto as portrayed in the film Tora! Tora! Tora!, this is one of the most quoted remarks attributed to him. Though it is thought that it summarizes his sentiments well, a definite source for this quote has never been provided. William Safire wrote that there is no printed evidence to support this quote. Safire's Political Dictionary, page 666. For more information see the Wikipedia article "Isoroku Yamamoto's sleeping giant quote". You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass. It has been declared this attribution is "unsubstantiated and almost certainly bogus, even though it has been repeated thousands of times in various Internet postings. There is no record of the commander in chief of Japan’s wartime fleet ever saying it.", according to Brooks Jackson in "Misquoting Yamamoto" at Factcheck.org (11 May 2009), which cites Donald M. Goldstein, sometimes called "the dean of Pearl Harbor historians", writing "I have never seen it in writing. It has been attributed to the Prange files [the files of the late Gordon W. Prange, chief historian on the staff of Gen. Douglas MacArthur] but no one had ever seen it or cited it from where they got it." Thank you Chuck for the citation. I have never questioned the veracity of this quote before and always appreciate the need to re-evaluate my historical understanding based on the latest facts and research. Greatly appreciated. Looking for additional biographical material on Admiral Yamamoto turns up scant results. Unfortunate there is not much more in print about him currently. I have done quite a bit of reading in the past on Admirals Spruance, Halsey, and Nimitz. It's too bad that there is not much available on the lives of their Japanese counterparts. Hard to form a balanced historical opinion on the conflict when there is a paucity of sources from the Japanese perspective.
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Mediumrarechicken
Location: Puyallup Joined: Thu Aug 16, 2012 Posts: 9065
Real Name: Richard Fitzwelliner
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My wife and kids tagged along with her side of the family out to their hunting spot and last night she sent me a text saying she wants to do hunters ed and get a rifle. My 9 year old shot a fal, and wanted to shoot a 7mm but he saw the round compared to a 308 and said ohhh maybe next year j don't want my arm to explode
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Captain90s
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Location: Olympia Joined: Wed Feb 6, 2013 Posts: 5365
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Well, it's official. I'm a college graduate.
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TechnoWeenie
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Location: Nova Laboratories Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2011 Posts: 18474
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Captain90s wrote: Well, it's official. I'm a college graduate. I thought cooking was an art? Congrats !
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Mon Oct 16, 2017 5:29 pm |
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Selador
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Mon Oct 16, 2017 5:48 pm |
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Sinus211
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Location: Marysville Joined: Thu Mar 22, 2012 Posts: 13507
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Captain90s wrote: Well, it's official. I'm a college graduate. Looking forward to the opening of your new restaurant "Ginger Snaps"
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MadPick
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Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52068
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Congratulations, Reid! I know you busted ass to get that done.
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Mon Oct 16, 2017 9:12 pm |
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usrifle
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Well done Reid! ...and a nice new Pup too.
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Mon Oct 16, 2017 9:50 pm |
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Rix86
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Location: Shelton Joined: Sun Nov 17, 2013 Posts: 5838
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Got my scope rings in today. And got the kitchen counter in, sink attached, garbage disposal in and operational, sway bar end links showed up today, and backup camera showed up today.
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WaJim
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Location: Tacoma Wa Joined: Tue Oct 8, 2013 Posts: 16607
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Its winter so back to the gym. Sore as hell from yesterday...... Made it through spin this morning without a cardiac event
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golddigger14s
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Location: Faxon, OK Joined: Sat Mar 19, 2011 Posts: 17822
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Went deer hunting with Dreadi today.
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dreadi
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Location: Tacoma, Washington Joined: Fri Nov 21, 2014 Posts: 8374
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Took the YL out to see The Marriage of Fiiiiiiigarrro!
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Eagle Chaplain
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Location: England Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2015 Posts: 2954
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Got a package of leverhead coffee in the mail
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Thu Oct 19, 2017 11:01 am |
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MadPick
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Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52068
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Mike in Wa wrote: Got a package of leverhead coffee in the mail Yep, that's a good day!
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jukk0u
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Location: Lynnwood and at large Joined: Wed May 1, 2013 Posts: 21297
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Got to shoot a friend's custom 6.5 CM rifle. (w/suppressor).. very nice!
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Láodòng zhèng zhūwèi zìyóu
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